Buckle.



G. H. PBRRINB.

BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 190B.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

GEORGE H. PERRINE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORITO SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. PERRINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York cit-y, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in buckles and I have particularly in view the construction of a buckle adapted especially for use in connection with straps, Suspenders, garments and the like.

@ne of the objects of my invention is to provide v'an improved form of buckle embodying the desired features of simplicity, durabillty andcheapness, and in the construction of which I avoid .the use of all cumbersome tongues, clasps, pivoted arms, cams and the like.

'Ihe invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set -forth lin and falling within the scope of the appended claim.l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a`face view of a strap provided with a buckle embodying my invention, and Fig. 2

\ is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive show modified foims of my improvement.

In the various views I have shown certain lforms in which the present invent-ion may be embodied, it being my purpose/to employl a piece of metal, such asa wire, or the like, andv lto bend the same into such shape or formas to form a buckle which obviates the use` of all tongues, clasps, pivoted arms, cams and the like, and although the preferred form'of my improved buckle is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be evident that the invention may be embodied in various other forms without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim, as will belapparent by referring tothe various modifications shown.

In Fig. 1 A indicates a strap of any fabric or other material, to which the buckle is adapted to be secured, and B designatesa buckle as an entirety.

To construct the buckle B; I use a suitable piece of'metal, such as wire, and form the entire buckle out of the one piece. To

strap, finally do this, the wire is bent so as to form aV button-engaging loop 5, the diverging side members 6, 6, the laterally-extending parallel intermediate arms 7, 7, the vertically extending sides 8, 8, and the laterally extending terminal arms 9, 9, the latter being connected and concealed'through means of a suitable sleeve such as 10. The strap A may be readily looped through and securely connected to the buckle thus formed by passing the body lportion of the strap beneath the upper horizontal arm and the sleeve 10, .then around and beneath the lower arm 7, and then doubled back upon itself past the upper arm 7, so that the end A of the looped within the buckle, lies parallel wit the main body A of the strap.

In Fig. 3 the wire is bent to form the two lower vertical loop members 11 coni nected by the cross-bar 12, the vertical side arms 13 extending upward, the wire being then bent to form the parallel arms 14, the ends of the wire as at 15 being connected by the sleeve 16.

Fig. .4 shows another modification somewhat of the nature shown in Fig. 3, but instead of employing two vertical loops, the lower portion of thebuckle is formed with a series ofi oppositely extending loops 17, and a horizontally extending arm 18 is provided with serrations or teeth 19.

In Fig. 5.the upper port-ion of the buckle isforrned substantially as shown in Fig. 1, while the lower portion thereof is formed with an additional button-engaging loop as 'at 20, sothat the loop is adapted to engage buttons having shanks of diiferent diameters.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the wire bent into an approximately triangular form with the two button-engaging loops 21, 22, the wires at their end portions being bent to form the horizontal loop 23 and the lower horizontal wire 24 approximately parallel with the loop 23 and having a serrated edge-25.

The bucklesshown in the various views all pertain to the same general type and are merely illust-rations tending to show.. various modified forms-in which my invention may 'be embodied. v

. In vall of these 'various forms ofthe invention it will be observed that the upper and forming a'rigid closed loop between 'Y and lower loops are separated by a space and are connected in such way as to permit them to yield so as to accommodate straps of different thickness and yet retaina firm grip upon them.

What I claim is:-

A buckle, made of a single piece of wire bent between its ends to form one or. more button-engaging loops, and provided with sides extending upwardly from said loops, laterally-extending parallel intermediate arms formed by crossing the wire in opposite directions so as to leave an opening between the thus formed arms which is closed at one side by the intersection of the crossed wire, and sides extending upwardly from these arms, the terminals of the wire being bent 4toward eachother and rigidly united .two subscribing'witnesses. p y

" GEORGE H. PERRINE,

Aintermediate arm, then in frontof the upper# closed loop, then most laterally-extending intermediate arm,

and back through the rigid closed loop formed by the connected terminals of theA wire.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of Witnesses:-

R. B, Cavrmefnt, T. E. HARDENBERGH, Jr. 

